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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the United States Postal Service that it is canceling a proposal to eliminate mail delivery on Saturdays:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters' office is now accepting submissions for the 2013 Congressional Art Competition. This annual competition is open to all high school students that reside or attend school in the 43rd Congressional District and offers students a chance to showcase their artistic talent and compete to have their submission displayed in the United States Capitol for a full year.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 22, 2013 at 5:00 PM pacific time.
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) expressed opposition to the Transportation Security Administration's recent decision to allow passengers to bring knives and sporting equipment on planes. She delivered remarks at a press conference at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) organized by the Association of Flight Attendants. Below are her remarks as prepared for delivery:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) broke ground on a public works project that she secured one million dollars in federal funding to replace the sidewalk and plant new trees along a stretch of Sepulveda Boulevard in Westchester. Congresswoman Waters joined Los Angeles Councilmember Bill Rosendahl, along with members of the Westchester Streetscape Improvement Association, who worked with her to secure the grant in 2008 at the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, March 28.
Wave Staff, Los Angeles Wave
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-South Los Angeles, helped break ground March 28 on a public works project that she helped secure $1 million in federal funds to replace the sidewalk and plant new trees along a stretch of Sepulveda Boulevard in Westchester.
Waters joined Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl and members of the Westchester Streetscape Improvement Association, who worked with her to secure the grant back in 2008.
Miriam Hernandez, KABC Los Angeles
The fight to keep small knives off planes has gone to the front lines: Flight attendants lobbied passengers Monday to join them in putting pressure on the TSA not to change current security policy.
Flight attendants were walking from terminal to terminal to enlist grass-roots support, urging passengers to petition the White House.
It's the latest in a campaign to overturn a Transportation Security Administration decision that would allow flyers to carry small knives. The ban was imposed after September 11, 2001. The TSA plans to lift the ban on April 25.
Gary Walker, The Argonaut
Although Washington, D.C. is nearly 3,000 miles away, the potential after-effects of the federal sequester could stretch all the way to the coast of Santa Monica.
The air traffic control tower at Santa Monica Airport is on a list of airport facilities released by the Federal Aviation Administration March 1 – the day the sequestration officially began – that might be closed soon due to potential furloughs of airport personnel, including air traffic controllers.
Gary Walker, The Argonaut
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Westchester) has reintroduced legislation that could pave the way for additional light rail stations in Leimert Park as well as Westchester.
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants for Job Creation Act was announced March 13 and would provide $1 billion over a two-year period for transportation infrastructure.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Project Rebuild Act of 2013 on Thursday afternoon. This legislation would provide funding for the rehabilitation of foreclosed and abandoned properties, helping to prevent the deterioration of neighborhoods which leads to plummeting housing prices and lower quality of life for residents.
Vincent Lin, USC School of Social Work
Congresswoman Maxine Waters believes her job is to fight for the care and support of seniors, especially on the issues of Alzheimer's disease, elder abuse, housing and quality healthcare, she said at the inaugural Advocates for African American Elders public event held in February, congratulating the similarly focused advocacy group on its outreach to the African-American community to ensure a decent quality of life for all seniors.